Published: SunSentinel.com (April 16, 2013)

“The big deal here is many children who aren’t aware they have an allergy will have their first reaction while at school, and they don’t have an auto-injector of epinephrine with them,” said Dr. Michael Pacin, with the Florida Center for Allergy & Asthma Care, which serves South Florida. “You could literally die in minutes — I kid you not, in minutes — if you are very allergic to a food.”

An epinephrine auto-injector — often called an EpiPen, after the most popular brand name — delivers an emergency dose of the adrenaline-like drug, and is recommended for use immediately after the first signs of anaphylactic shock.

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